Save my brother!

  "Your brother?" I also found it a bit strange, "Chen, what's wrong with Chen Fei?"

  "Hao Shuang, you have to promise me, because only you can save him now." Chen Xiao cried very sadly, as if she had been holding it in for a long time and suddenly burst out.

  "Alright, I... agreed with you, but why can only I save him?" I still didn't understand. Chen Xiao wiped away her tears and said, "Come in and take a look, then you'll know."

  Then I followed Chen Xiao to a room door. Chen Xiao knocked on the door, her voice was a bit hoarse, "Brother, can I come in?"

  "Come in." Chen Fei's voice was very weak and listless, even more so than after I had played ten rounds.

  The door was not locked, Chen Xiao pushed the door open and I followed him in. At a glance, I saw Chen Fei lying on the bed. Chen Fei's body had become much thinner, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was skin and bones. But this rate of weight loss was too fast, after all, Chen Fei hadn't been absent from class for many days.

  I thought he was afraid of me and didn't dare to come to school, but it turned out that he was sick. Anyway, I was quite relieved last time, and he is still Chen Xiao's brother. As long as he doesn't bother me again, I won't make an enemy of him either. I asked Chen Xiao, "What happened to your brother? How did he become so thin?"

  "My brother..." Chen Xiao hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted by Chen Fei, "I'm fine, just need to rest for a while longer, let him go back."

  Although Chen Fei's voice was very small and weak, I could still hear his hostility towards me. I didn't want to make Chen Xiao uncomfortable, so I went forward and said to Chen Fei, "Chen Fei, let's call you big brother from now on, shall we? The things that happened in the past are all in the past, aren't they just small matters?"

  But as soon as I finished speaking, he got angry: "Huh? A small matter? You actually say it's a small matter? Alright, I won't bother you, even if I die, it has nothing to do with you!"

  I felt very stifled when he said that, I was already annoyed with him, and at this time, he still did it, I wanted to scold him.

  "Chen Fei!" Chen Xiao called out to Chen Fei, who turned his head back and stopped talking. Unintentionally, I noticed that he had very dark circles under his eyes.

  "I asked Hao Shuang to come and help today, I don't want to see you die, I don't want you to die, do you know? ...Brother." Chen Xiao choked with sobs, heartbroken. I felt it would be awkward to stay here any longer, so I told Chen Xiao that I would leave first and then left the room.

  Leaving the room and closing the door, Chen Xiao's crying voice came from inside. My heart was also aching, when suddenly my phone vibrated with a notification. I opened it to see another message from the Soul Detector.

  The message from Xiao Qian was: "Stay away from Chen Fei, although I'm not quite clear about the specific reason, but I have a premonition that he is very dangerous."

  Just as I was about to say something to Xiaoxian, Chen Xiao wiped her eyes and came out of Chen Fei's room, so I had to put my phone back in my pocket.

  Chen Xia's housekeeper, seeing the awkward atmosphere between us, suggested that we go to the living room and have some red tea. I also thought it was a good idea for me to have a good talk with Chen Xia and figure out what was going on.

  I sat face to face with Chen Xiao on the exquisite chairs, and on the bamboo-woven small table were two cups of fragrant red tea. I pretended to take a sip: "Smooth but not greasy, sweet and delicious when entering the mouth, as if it has a hint of entering a sacred realm. This thing should only exist in heaven, how can one taste it in the mortal world?"

  "Hmph." Chen Xiao was immediately amused by my pretentious attitude, and all I can say is that whenever I eat something high-end, I always say this one sentence.

  The atmosphere finally recovered, but the time had already passed two o'clock in the afternoon, and I couldn't make it to school. Of course, I think it doesn't matter, as long as I can be with her, I'm willing to do anything.

  Finally, I changed the subject back and said: "Tell me what's going on with your brother? Is he sick or something? And can I really save her?"

  "Brother, I haven't been able to sleep for about a week now."

  "Haven't slept? What's going on? Didn't you go to the hospital? I'm shocked, as everyone knows that people need sleep every day to regulate themselves. If they don't sleep for several days in a row, there's a risk of death at any time!"

  Chen Xiao shook her head, "I went to the hospital and got treated every day, but there was no effect at all. In fact, it's not that brother can't sleep?"

  "What's that?" I became even more curious.

  "Brother, once he falls asleep, he will have nightmares." Chen Xiao's eyebrows furrowed even tighter.

  I thought for a moment and said, "Who hasn't had nightmares? At least it's better than not sleeping at all."

  Chen Xiao's eyes were lifeless, and more despairing, "As soon as brother falls asleep, he will be woken up by nightmares within ten minutes."

  "Hmm, ten minutes." I feel like things are getting more and more absurd, it's not just a problem with the plot development anymore, but also a change in style.

  "And besides, the most crucial part isn't here." As she said this, Chen Xiao's pupils dilated and her body began to tremble violently.

  "What is...that." Upon hearing this, I already have a chill running down my back. It seems that this is still going to be a turning point episode after all.

  "When my brother falls asleep, he always dreams of you and even calls out your name: Hao Shuang, don't kill me! Don't kill me!... He screams like that, then wakes up with a start." Chen Xiao's expression was extremely strange, just like a live broadcast. I was so scared that not only did my hair stand on end, but my brother also shrank into his belly!

  "How, how can this be, it's too terrifying." I stuttered, my scalp starting to go numb. Chen Xiao cried again, "That's why I think only you can save my brother, Hao Shuang... I beg of you, please? Save my brother, I'll do anything you want me to."

  What would she be willing to do? Then do... okay, it's too late for evil now. This matter is a big problem.

  "Let me think for a moment." I rubbed my temples, thinking hard. Yes, this thing must have something to do with me. I remembered that Xiaoxian had agreed to help me teach Chen Fei a lesson by using psychological threats and infiltrating his dreams. Could it be that this was an aftereffect of the last time she infiltrated? I wasn't sure, I had to ask her carefully.

  "What's going on? Is there any way?" Chen Xiao looked at me with full of hope, I shook my head and said: "Not for the time being, if there is a way, I will tell you immediately, sorry."

  Chen Xiao lowered her head and fell silent. I couldn't see her expression, my mind was a bit muddled, and after thinking for a while, I still didn't come up with any results, so I thought it would be better to consult with Xiaoyan.

  It was inconvenient for Chen Xiao to contact Xiaoxian at home, so he thought about going back home in the afternoon to take a look. But Chen Xiao suddenly said coldly: "Hao Shuang!"

  "Ah?" I was startled by her icy tone and hastily asked what's wrong, but Chen Xiao continued to say: "You don't have to hide it from me anymore, actually I already know everything."

  "Huh? What do you know?" I had a very bad premonition, my heart started racing faster than when I saw an extremely beautiful girl.

  "Aren't you going to admit it?" Chen Xiao raised her head, and I saw that her eyes were filled with bloodshot, tears constantly streaming down, and her eyes seemed to be full of resentment towards me.

  Is this my illusion? There is a saying that the deeper you love, the deeper you hate, is it because of this?

  "Chen Xiao you said... what was that? I couldn't understand, haha." I pretended to be unaware because I really didn't know why Chen Fei had become like this.

  "You... Hao Shuang, I was wrong about you! I didn't think you were such an irresponsible person. Get out, get out of my sight!" Chen Xiao pointed at the door, her anger getting the better of her, and she was taken aback, not expecting her to blow up like that.

  "Is there some kind of misunderstanding between us?" I was at a loss for what to do, and Chen Xiao shouted again "Get out", so I had no choice but to leave.

  As I walked out of Chen Xiao's villa gate, I realized this serious problem: Chen Xiao was furious and drove me away. I might not be able to be with her anymore.

  Looking back at the second floor of her villa, we were just talking and laughing there. I wanted to go back and explain to her, but I thought she would only get angrier, so tears flowed down uncontrollably.

  "How strange, why am I crying?" I muttered to myself, suddenly feeling a deep sorrow, perhaps because at that time I was too young. Compared to the series of stories I encountered later, this little heartache didn't amount to much.

  The soul detector suddenly had a reminder. Xiang first comforted me not to be sad, I said I wasn't sad, then started asking her the real question.

  Xiao Qian said: "I infiltrated someone else's dream, and there will be side effects? I once infiltrated your dream too, why didn't you have a nightmare?"

  I thought carefully and indeed it was so, but I still couldn't help thinking, "What's the situation with Chen Fei anyway?"

  "I'm not sure either, but it seems like she's been put under some kind of curse." said Xiaoying after thinking for a moment.

  "What's a curse? What is a curse?"

  "The curse is... it's hard to explain right now, but it's similar to the things you've seen before. To put it simply, Chen Fei is in great danger now. If we don't lift the curse in time, he might not make it through the week." Xiao Qian said seriously.